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1;Thieme: Science of Synthesis Knowledge Updates 2017/1;1 2;Title Page;6 3;Copyright;8 4;Preface;9 5;Abstracts;11 6;Science of Synthesis Knowledge Updates 2017/1;21 7;Table of Contents;23 8;3.6.16 Gold-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions;37 8.1;3.6.16.1 Cycloadditions via Gold-Containing 1,n-Dipolar Intermediates;37 8.1.1;3.6.16.1.1 Method 1: Gold-Containing Benzopyrylium Intermediates;38 8.1.1.1;3.6.16.1.1.1 Variation 1: Gold-Containing Benzopyrylium Azomethine Ylides;44 8.1.1.2;3.6.16.1.1.2 Variation 2: Gold-Containing 2-Oxoalkyl Oxonium Species;47 8.1.2;3.6.16.1.2 Method 2: Furyl-Gold 1,n-Dipole Intermediates;48 8.1.2.1;3.6.16.1.2.1 Variation 1: Furyl-Gold 1,3-Dipole Intermediates;48 8.1.2.2;3.6.16.1.2.2 Variation 2: Furyl-Gold 1,4-Dipole Intermediates;51 8.1.2.3;3.6.16.1.2.3 Variation 3: Furan-Based ortho-Quinodimethane Intermediates;54 8.1.3;3.6.16.1.3 Method 3: Gold-Containing All-Carbon 1,3-Dipoles;55 8.2;3.6.16.2 Cycloadditions via Gold-Coordinated Allene Intermediates;57 8.2.1;3.6.16.2.1 Method 1: Cycloadditions Initiated by Gold Activation of Allenes;57 8.2.2;3.6.16.2.2 Method 2: Cycloadditions Initiated by Gold Activation of Propargylic Carboxylates;69 8.3;3.6.16.3 Cycloadditions via trans-Alkenylgold Intermediates;71 8.3.1;3.6.16.3.1 Method 1: trans-Alkenylgold Intermediates Generated by Alkyne Activation;71 8.3.1.1;3.6.16.3.1.1 Variation 1: Alkynes as Latent Alkenes in Gold-Catalyzed Cycloadditions;74 8.4;3.6.16.4 Cycloadditions via Gold Carbene Intermediates;76 8.4.1;3.6.16.4.1 Method 1: Gold Carbenes Generated by Cycloisomerization of Alkynes and Alkenes;76 8.4.2;3.6.16.4.2 Method 2: Gold Carbenes Generated by 1,2-Acyloxy Migration of Propargyl Carboxylates;81 8.4.3;3.6.16.4.3 Method 3: Gold Carbenes Generated by Alkyne Oxidation;84 8.4.3.1;3.6.16.4.3.1 Variation 1: Gold-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions by Nitrene Transfer;87 8.4.3.2;3.6.16.4.3.2 Variation 2: Gold-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions by Carbene Transfer;88 8.4.4;3.6.16.4.4 Method 4: Gold Carbenes Generated by Diazo Decomposition;89 8.5;3.6.16.5 Cycloadditions via Gold-Coordinated Heteroatom Intermediates;91 9;4.4.7 Product Subclass 7: Silylboron Reagents;101 9.1;4.4.7.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 7;104 9.1.1;4.4.7.1.1 Preparation by Si-B Bond Formation;104 9.1.1.1;4.4.7.1.1.1 Method 1: Nucleophilic Substitution at Boron with Silyllithium Reagents;104 9.1.1.1.1;4.4.7.1.1.1.1 Variation 1: Substitution of Amino-Substituted Chloroboranes;104 9.1.1.1.2;4.4.7.1.1.1.2 Variation 2: Substitution of a Diaryl-Substituted Fluoroborane;105 9.1.1.1.3;4.4.7.1.1.1.3 Variation 3: Nucleophilic Substitution of Diol-Substituted Hydro- or Alkoxyboranes;106 9.1.1.2;4.4.7.1.1.2 Method 2: Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Trialkylsilanes;107 9.1.1.3;4.4.7.1.1.3 Method 3: Reductive Coupling of Chlorosilanes and Chloroboranes;108 9.1.2;4.4.7.1.2 Modification of Si-B Substitution Pattern;109 9.1.2.1;4.4.7.1.2.1 Method 1: Ligand Exchange at the Boron Atom;109 9.1.2.2;4.4.7.1.2.2 Method 2: Manipulation at the Silicon Atom;111 9.2;4.4.7.2 Applications of Product Subclass 7 in Organic Synthesis;113 9.2.1;4.4.7.2.1 Method 1: Reactions with Alkynes;113 9.2.1.1;4.4.7.2.1.1 Variation 1: Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Silaboration;113 9.2.1.2;4.4.7.2.1.2 Variation 2: Palladium-Catalyzed Silaborative Cyclization;119 9.2.1.3;4.4.7.2.1.3 Variation 3: Nickel-Catalyzed Silaborative Dimerization;120 9.2.1.4;4.4.7.2.1.4 Variation 4: Palladium-Catalyzed (2 + 2 + 1) Cycloaddition with Silylenes;121 9.2.1.5;4.4.7.2.1.5 Variation 5: Copper-Catalyzed Silylation;122 9.2.2;4.4.7.2.2 Method 2: Reactions with Alkenes;127 9.2.2.1;4.4.7.2.2.1 Variation 1: Platinum-Catalyzed Silaboration;127 9.2.2.2;4.4.7.2.2.2 Variation 2: Base-Catalyzed Silaboration;131 9.2.2.3;4.4.7.2.2.3 Variation 3: Photochemical Radical Silylation;132 9.2.3;4.4.7.2.3 Method 3: Reactions with Conjugated Dienes and Enynes;133 9.2.3.1;4.4.7.2.3.1 Variation 1: Transition-Metal-Catalyzed 1,4-Silaboration;133 9.2.3.2;4.4.7.2.3.2 Variation